Malina families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Glina area , often Czechs (from Daruvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Daruvar.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Malina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Daruvar (35), Sirac in Daruvar area (10), Zagreb (<10), Gornji Daruvar (<10), and in Sisak (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.